We were there for the perrenial-6-months-late annual check-up for my oldest girl, the Bear, age 10. What? We forgot to schedule it around her March birthday one year and are, thanks to insurance company policy, doomed to be forever off-schedule. The Mouse, age 7, was there too of course, a […]
I’m one of the modern dads concerned about the sexist and misogynistic imagery in advertising and in pop culture at large. I worry about the accumulation of tiny sights and sounds as it relates to my daughters well being and, also, as they relate to how dads are perceived in society. […]
I’ve been assured by my pal Stirling Matheson who covers all matter of RIDES for Complex Magazine that I am not having an early-onset of an automotive-induced midlife crisis. In fact, he claims that there are no midlife crisis cars, only cars that are cool. Plain and simple. Sounds alright […]
Admittedly, I’m not the hippest cat when it comes to superheroes and action movies but…I saw the 3rd Iron Man, 1st Captain America, The Avengers, and the 1st Thor, so…I can be in the club, right? Watch the epic first Marvel AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON trailer now, for the movie […]
Do you like Billy Joel, Ben Folds and, also, the beeps and blips of modern pop music? Well boy o’ boy do I have a band and a new album for you to hear. I’ve long been a fan of Jukebox the Ghost, a District by way of Philly trio, […]
A quick bit of background here. The Schuylkill Tree Monkeys is an original poem that follows no known poetry format. Or maybe it does, I dunno. This crazy little poem should be read aloud in the style of a Dr. Seuss book. Making exaggerated arm motions is not only 100% okay, […]
The wind doesn’t expect the trees to remember every gust blown through it’s leaves and the sea would never hold it against a rocky coastline if the majority of its waves crashed and were forgotten. Should you travel with young kids? Should you travel with your very young children who […]
WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS SETS SAIL WITH “MOANA” Ron Clements and John Musker (“Aladdin,” “The Princess and the Frog”) will sit at the helm of Disney Animation’s newest adventure ship, which’ll set sail on the rough south Pacific seas in late 2016. MOANA is a CG-animated comedy-adventure about a spirited […]
